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Reily C. Adams was a corporation official of Indianapolis.
Arranged in the following series: I. Biographical material, II. Correspondence, III. Photographs, IV. Writings.
Biographical materials include clippings and printed matter about Tarkington. The correspondence spans the period from 1917 to 1981 and includes letters of Tarkington, his friends and relatives, as well as those of Adams. Photographs of Tarkington number twenty, ranging from childhood to old age, alone and in groups. Other photographs are those of his wife, Susanah (Keifer) Robinson Tarkington, and their families; the homes and boat of Tarkington; and Elizabeth Trotter, his secretary.
Two prose pieces by Tarkington, entitled
Acquired: 1983
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[Item], Adams mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
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